A Thyme and a Seasoning

Having the quality of going "kaboom" does not make it a suitable spice.  

So back in Kindergarten, my classmates and I all got to dress up in little paper costume accessories for Thanksgiving, and I wound up being the only girl who chose to be a pilgrim instead of a Native American.  I didn't find out until years later that this was unintentionally accurate - there were only four pilgrim women in charge of cooking because four is all that survived that long (we're not counting their daughters, who also helped with the food).  They were greatly outnumbered by the men, which were greatly outnumbered by the Native Americans.  So my Kindergarten class turned out to be proportionally just about right.  Funny how stuff like that happens.